File Extension CDM

File type: Novell Netware Disk Drivers NPA File

About the CDM file type:

If Windows cannot find the appropriate program associated with .CDM files, then your registry may have errors. Check your Windows registry for errors (includes file association errors).

The CDM file extension is employed by Novell Netware Disk Drivers NPA. NPA stands for Network Peripheral Architecture and is a Netware feature that allows developers to add and support new storage devices in related controllers. The files with the CDM file extensions are Custom Device Modules that control the attached device to the adapter. There could be numerous files with the CDM file extension for a single adapter because each device is attached to an adapter that requires a Custom Device Module. The files with the CDM file extension are Netware loadable driver modules. These enable the Netware Operating System to communicate, control and recognize the various kinds of peripheral devices that could be attached into the Novell Netware Server such as the CD-ROM driver, hard disk drives, optical drives and Tape Back-up devices. Specific files with the file extension .cdm are required to bind to particular device types.


Detailed information for file extension CDM

Category: Data Files
File format: Proprietary
Open with Windows: Novell Netware
Open with Linux: Novell Netware
The CDM file extension defines the disk driver files for Novell NetWare which are not designed to be used by another party to backup software like ArcServe. The files with the CDM file extension can result in conflict with ArcServe's efforts to control the tape drive which must not be permitted to load once the server starts up. Generic files with the said file extension could be given different names on the DOS and NetWare partitions in the NetWare servers wherein the software ArcServe would be installed.